Bill Text: TX HB3505 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle safety inspections; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3505 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3505-Comm_Sub.html
  88R11654 BEE-D
 
  By: Spiller H.B. No. 3505
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to motor vehicle safety inspections; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 548.002, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.002.  DEPARTMENT RULES.  (a) The department may
  adopt rules to administer and enforce this chapter.
         (b)  A rule adopted under this section may not prohibit the
  holder of a vehicle inspection station license from refusing to
  inspect a vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  Section 548.501, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.501.  INSPECTION FEES GENERALLY. (a) Except as
  provided by Section [Sections 548.503 and] 548.504, an inspection
  station may charge a fee for performing an [the fee for] inspection
  of a motor vehicle in an amount set by the operator of the
  inspection station [other than a moped is $12.50. The fee for
  inspection of a moped is $5.75].
         (b)  For each inspection performed at an inspection station
  under this section, [Out of each fee for an inspection,] $5.50 shall
  be remitted to the state under Section 548.509.
         SECTION 3.  Section 548.503, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.503.  INITIAL TWO-YEAR INSPECTION OF PASSENGER CAR
  OR LIGHT TRUCK. (a) An inspection station may charge a fee for
  performing an [The fee for] inspection of a passenger car or light
  truck under Section 548.102 in an amount [shall be] set by the
  operator of the inspection station [department by rule on or before
  September 1 of each year. A fee set by the department under this
  subsection must be based on the costs of providing inspections and
  administering the program, but may not be less than $21.75].
         (b)  For each inspection performed at an inspection station
  under this section, [Out of each fee for an inspection under this
  section,] $14.75 shall be remitted to the state under Section
  548.509.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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